Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Location: Edgeley, Stockport
Date: February 2008
Description: The house required a new boiler and the client also wanted it moved to the basement area and out of the kitchen. There were some challenges as we had to use a very long flue run to get the system hooked up but we were ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
We were originally introduced to this house of electrical horrors when we were asked by my customer, the proposed purchasers, to due a pre-purchase inspection. We showed up to check the gas, electrics and plumbing and discovered no end of issues with all three systems. Things were about to get ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Location: Oldham, Lancs
Date: Feb 2008
Description: The old Wylex consumer unit has an Residual Current Device (RCD) built into the main isolator. Every time a light buld would blow the entire house would be shut down. It was a real nuisance and is a common complaint with these old style units. ...
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
I was called out to this home to install a dual fuel cooker. When I arrived I was shown through to the kitchen. As we passed by the boiler I could smell gas. It is customary to perform a tightness test (checking for leaks) upon arrival at all jobs I ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
When I arrived at my clients to install a new hob this was what I was met with. The person hired to replace the old laminated counter tops with granite had disconnected the old hob in order to replace the countertops. He told the home owner that he was allowed ...
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
I've never seen anything as foolish as this! I was adding a gas pipe to a kitchen for a customer and needed to undertake a tightness test to check the pipe work before I started. I asked to see the meter and what I found was this mess. Someone had ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
About two months ago Demon Thus made the business decision to cap my service due to what they said was a misuse of my privilages. See my original BLOG on the subject HERE. They can of course make any policy they want and customers like our business will either have ...
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